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Opinion Pieces

We encourage non-polemical debate on pressing issues in our field in the form of Opinion pieces. Further, we encourage authors to submit a well reasoned response to a systematic paper published in another journal that is less responsive to debate. To encourage wide dissemination, we are making all Opinion pieces, plus any underlying paper, free to all.

Read the latest Opinion Piece and Response below:

An opinion piece newly published in Systematic Entomology addresses recent discussion of the taxonomic validity of names appearing in Early View (that is, new names published electronically, prior to appearance in a journal issue). Two previous editors of the journal, Wiley's Publishing Manager and the taxonomic editor of Austral Entomology combine to argue that Early View constitutes valid publication. Eighteen senior systematists, the current editors, the former Executive Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and the former Publishing Manager of Wiley journals endorse the opinion. The article is free access:Wiley's Early View constitutes valid publication for date-sensitive nomenclaturePeter S. Cranston, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Ken Walker, David Hewes

Backfiles

Discover the extensive resource of backfiles from the Royal Entomological Society's illustrious history online, dating back to 1836, and including work by eminent scientists such as Wallace, Wigglesworth and Westwood.

J O Westwood Award for Insect Taxonomy

Call for nominations Nominations are now being accepted for the J. O. Westwood Medal and Award for Insect Taxonomy, which is awarded bienially in recognition of the highest standards of descriptive taxonomy. Click here for further information about the award.

The 2016 Wigglesworth Lecture and Award has been awarded to Professor John Hildebrand for his lecture entitled "How Insects Smell, and Why We Should Care". The Award is made in recognition of the great contribution of Sir Vincent Wigglesworth to Insect Biology and the example that he set in the performance of his work. John’s research combines neurophysiological, behavioral, chemical-ecological, anatomical, molecular and developmental approaches in a multidisciplinary program addressing problems of the information-processing mechanisms, behavioral roles, functional organization, and postembryonic development of the olfactory system in insects. His program’s goal long has been to understand the olfactory bases of beneficial and harmful behaviors of insects that impact human health and welfare.

Virtual Issue

The preparation of this virtual issue of Systematic Entomology is timed to coincide with the 8th International Congress of Dipterology in Postdam, Germany, in August 2014. From the origin of the journal we have received consistently interesting papers from the community of workers studying the Diptera. Initially these covered mainly morphological taxonomy, often concerning taxa in the medically important groups but including also agricultural pests and parasitoids... Read more.